Hoping for a July BFP Part Two

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Hoping the luck continues here.....

Mersea sorry about spotting it most certainly is the hardest business we ever go through, so many ups and downs and like you say we're surposed to have a positive outlook but that makes the falls harder when they come!
It was good advice about saying you'd been trying longer too, my bff said the same to me as it took her 3 years before she came to start the ivf ball rolling, she had pcos, endometriosis and dh had low sperm count! They were very lucky though and first time conceived a beautiful dd

So quiet today - where are you all? Still boob pressing (ouch!) but learning to do it with more subtlety as sitting in open plan office and had a few (more than usual) starnge looks.

For starnge read strange (altho I quite like the word starnge and wonder if it means anything? Can you tell I'm bored at work?).

Sorry to the BFN's

newbie2 I start many conversations with DH about 'a friend' rather than divulge the extent time spent on MN. I worry he would think I was a bit mental relying on the advice and company of strangers but I know that I would be more anxious without it.

I think I am going to start using the ov sticks that have been living in my filing cabinet at work. The fertility app that I use is not much use as my cycles have been as short as 25 days (pre MC) and last one was 35 days so it is suggesting that I 'could' be fertile for 3 weeks. We will definitely be shagged out by then!

I don't meant mumsnet to my dh at all. Lord only knows what he would think.

He really feels the pressure of ttc so I taking all my craziness out on you girls (sorry but you are doing a cracking job).

Thanks Winkle sorting list for me :) Hope there still hope for you this month.

Gosh you ladies talk! I try and keep up but don't always have time to post!

Sorry for bfn yikes and newbie and anyone I have missed.

:( things will get better mersea sorry it feels like AF is about to arrive. don't loose hope is all I can say x

Added Muumimamma2. Put your testing date as 29th as that's 15 DPO

sunshineoutdoors ttc#2 BFP due July 5th
winkle2 TTC #1 BFP due 7th July
christelle2207 ttc#1 BFP due July 7th
wunnybunny ttc#2 testing 7 july (birthday girl) - sorry she got you
Onemoreforgoodmeasure TTC#4 BFP due July 8th
Newbie, cycle 2 BFP due 9th July
yikes cycle 2 TTC #1 (1mc) BFP due July 10th
WhenSheWas TTC #2 BFP due 12th July
repisa TTC# BFP due 16th July
likesoxinbed TTC# BFP due 16th July
NicolaHazel TTC#1 testing 18th July
Dulcetmoans TTC#1 BFP due 19th July
chimpette BFP due 20th July
RIBS TTC#2 BFP due 20th July ish
kittykatsforever TTC# BFP due 22nd July
lisamol TTC# BFP due 24th July
redstrawberry TTC #1 BFP due 27th July
wishfulthinking TTC#1 BFP due 28th July
fatasbutter TTC# BFP due 29th July
Muumimamma2 BFP due 30th July
AmayaBuzzzbee cycle 3 ttc #2 BFP due 31st July

BFPs!!

Tiddleypompom
Tedmundo
Floweryboots
KFForever
Heeheeheebum
Zoeymlucas
Pipsicles
Backwardpossom
Scubastevie
Purplecorduroy
Openmindedsceptic
Suzydelrosa
Randomswitch
imastitch
Lollpopsicle

It's been a very stressful crappy day at wk, so have spent 10 mins catching up. Sorry bout the bfn's and possible af arrivals.

@when. Goddam u woman. Keep away from the tests until af due. [Grin] Uv still got time tho 4 it to turn in2 a positive.
@winkle I still think your in the game. It's not over til she turns up. But make the appointment 4 dr's anyway - just in case.

@mersea. I feel your pain. Dd keeps asking why she hasn't got a brother or sister and she'll b a good girl if she can have 1. I know its disappointing, but now u know how your cycle works on the clomid. Get sum epo down u next month.

Your all a dirty secret. I don't discuss any of this, we can keep the crazy contained in here. Mumsnet is like fightclub. No1 talks about fight club.... But without brad pitt, unfortunately.

@ RIBs am in a shame spiral

I should think so young lady. (Wags finger accusingly). However I am gutted 4u, I would've been whooping if it'd been a different result. But it is still early days yet.

Please add me to the list. I'm getting all superstitious now. (silly me I know)

Due to test formally on 17th (have already tested but either to early or not successful this month)

Thank you so much for all your kind words they are helping to keep me positive and my dp says he will say positive enough for us both. I guess it is worrying that at 40 I am still without children and always imagined having a family. I may have to look at adoption if this does not work out. I think the consultant wants to try IVF next but it is tiring and trying to keep my head above water is a constant struggle. I have heard that IVF can be really hard going and very emotional. However we put ourselves through these things to get what we want.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for those still to test x

Your DP sounds lovely, Mersea :-) I hope you do manage to keep positive.

Sorry for the BFNs today. Have I missed any more BFPs? I've struggled to keep up on my phone at work.

I'm starting to drive myself crazy...after attempting to remain cool throughout the 2WW I am now symptom-spotting like a loon, which has been brought on by a little spotting today, about 6DPO. I need to STOP thinking about it!

I thought if I erred on the side of caution and decided that I wasn't pregnant until I got the positive HPT, I'd remain calm. I can confirm that spotting has sent me officially bonkers, however!

sorry for BFNs yikes and newbie and for the spotting mersea

for those of you with feint lines - i had a very feint line on my +ve test for DD and that was after AF was due so there is definitely hope!

I talk to DH about Mumsnet all the time! He probably wishes I did keep it secret :) he is clueless though - we dtd yesterday and the day before then today he said 'can we test yet?' he must think he has turbo sperm! He was gutted when I explained the 2ww.

Kitty - how lovely to be name buddies and test day buddies :) though i have sort of guessed my test date. I will definitely wait till the 22nd to test (assuming the witch doesn't get me first) 22 is my lucky number

respisa so what's your subtle boob pressing technique! do you work with a lot of men - i bet they have noticed! :)

Oh @mersea. Don't give up hope yet. I agree with nicola, your Dh sounds lovely and supportive. It is exhausting tho this ttc malarky, even worse when you've been trying a while, and u can literally hear the tick tock of you're body clock.

You start off relaxed, then after the first 6 month u start counting the days til ov, then 2ww then the highs and lows of testing. You're body can play cruel tricks sometimes 2.

Like I say, have a go with the epo next month and think of this month as a learning curve. How many months clomid did they give u?

...Not sure what to say to all the condolences for a BFN... but I don't actually consider myself to have got a BFN, just a very feint BFP, lol
I did 'fess up to DH this morning about the feint line and he very sweetly bought me some more preggo tests at Tesco's on his way home from work so we can hopefully see a stronger line over the next few days.
Pooley - I have high hopes for you getting a BFP, you defo need to be added to the list!
Mersea - I was really sad to read your posts today. The nurses & docs keep telling me that 40 is the new 30 in terms of having kiddies. But I do know how you feel. I'm nearly 38 and don't have any kiddies yet and am totally desperate to start a family but the time hasn't been right until now as I only recently met my DH. When I had the mc earlier this year I was absolutely devastated and it started making me think it might never happen for me and then I started blaming myself for leaving it too late, but I try to keep telling myself that plenty of people have kiddies well into their 40's so there's still time for a few more pregnancies/failed pregnancies (hopefully not the latter, but I'm just trying to be cool-headed) before thinking about IVF, adoption etc.
Although MN is brilliant for the support, it does seem to make the days go slower and make it easier to get frustrated about lack of progress on a day by day basis. Why can't we conceive, have a whole pregnancy and give birth all over the space of a weekend eh?
On an un-ttc note, I've just had my wedding photos sent through with a video slideshow of all the pics of the day and am very pleased in retrospect that I could have a or two on my wedding day (-I mc'd two weeks before the wedding). When I say or two, I actually mean or ten!

ooh sorry yikes a feint BFP is completely different - as I said above my DD was a very feint line! Very much still in the running for a July BFP i'd say

Yikes I think you got mistaken with the bfn with Whenshewas somewhere down the line!!
Whenshewas my iPhone officially just brought up your name, I clearly spend way to much time on this thread!!!
Kitty bump your dh is very funny, wouldn't it be nice if we could test the next day!
Id have kept you all a secret but as I use my phone dh would think I'm having an affair in on so much
My dsis has just had a little girl today!! I am very happy for her but it has made me a little blue aswell! Hate that it makes me a shitty person for feeling that way too, I know I'll feel better when I see her though, aparently she looks like me! [ Rosey glow]

Winkle, thanks for adding me on the list! Here we go...

Mersea, I agree with Nicola that your DP sounds lovely! I understand why you might not be so keen on the idea of IVF but it's not necessarily so bad, my sister had it and was fine. I have this theory that when you expect the worst, things tend to work out fine... has worked many times for me :)

I really need to work out more closely when my ovulation might actually be as I don't think DH and I will have stamina for a week-long sexathon... I don't mind admitting we haven't been DTD all that much since DD was born.

Ah kitty congrats on being an aunty, don't be too hard on yourself about being jealous it's uncontrollable. (if they haven't picked a name I think Rosey Glow is nice )

Muumima i know what you mean about lack of stamina - it was pretty tough going 2 days in a row!

Poas mummania!! It's the best way, you know it makes sence

@muumi. We've been at it like rabbits 4 18m. We're friggin exhausted. We'll b glad when I get pg (it WILL happen) just 4 the rest. U do get used 2 doing it really regularly now tho, so much so we're even at it every 2 or 3 days in 2 ww. That can only b a good thing.

I missed your post kitty. Congrats on being an auntie. U cant help but feel a little jealous sometimes, u wouldn't b normal if u didn't. But u will get there, and u can compare stretch marks and births with your sister.

kittykats you're deffinately not alone when it comes to envying others with babies. I now find myself not enjoying the company of my friends with their babies in tow. I know that is awful of me but I just can't help it! I used to love kids and now I find it very difficult to see my friends enjoying their children. Obviously I still want to make time for them because i still care and love my friends but it's not easy for me and I'd be lying if I didn't admit it on here